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A cousin’s wedding invitation in Aberdeen meant that I couldn’t attend an Edinburgh art auction where I had been advised that a large watercolour “Moonlit Landscape” by David Waterson was for sale A good friend Andrew Noble checked out the painting and to cut a very long story short managed to purchase this fine painting […]

David Waterson may have come across as grumpy from time to time as my old friend Les Skelton remarked when as a boy he would pass David on the Brechin Bridge, paint brush and pallet in hand, most artists display such characteristics when deep in concentration.  Les did say that, at times when David had […]

I came across the extraordinary talent of Waterson for the first time at the inaugural Arts Festival in Brechin where his work was displayed in abundance.  I remember being in awe of how the artist had managed to capture the essence of local countryside working in such diverse mediums.  That exhibition of his work gave […]